The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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Page 59
... closed his mortal career with such appalling suddenness . His son , Captain Robert Lincoln , who is on General Grant's staff , breakfasted with him on Friday morning , having just returned from the capitulation of Lee , and the ...
... closed his mortal career with such appalling suddenness . His son , Captain Robert Lincoln , who is on General Grant's staff , breakfasted with him on Friday morning , having just returned from the capitulation of Lee , and the ...
Page 61
... closed . The party entered the box through the door at the end of the passageway . The box is so constructed that it may be divided into two by a movable partition , one of the doors described opening into each . The front of the box is ...
... closed . The party entered the box through the door at the end of the passageway . The box is so constructed that it may be divided into two by a movable partition , one of the doors described opening into each . The front of the box is ...
Page 62
... closed during the evening . " When the second scene of the third act was being performed , and this deponent was intently observing the proceedings upon the stage , with his back towards the door , he heard the discharge of a pistol ...
... closed during the evening . " When the second scene of the third act was being performed , and this deponent was intently observing the proceedings upon the stage , with his back towards the door , he heard the discharge of a pistol ...
Page 69
... closed and injected with blood , both the lids and the portion surrounding the eyes being as black as if they had been bruised by violence . He was breath- ing regularly , but with effort , and did not seem to be struggling or suffering ...
... closed and injected with blood , both the lids and the portion surrounding the eyes being as black as if they had been bruised by violence . He was breath- ing regularly , but with effort , and did not seem to be struggling or suffering ...
Page 70
... closed . I closed them myself , with my fingers . The expression immediately after death was purely negative ; but in fifteen minutes there came over the mouth , the nostrils , and the chin , a smile that seemed almost an effort of life ...
... closed . I closed them myself , with my fingers . The expression immediately after death was purely negative ; but in fifteen minutes there came over the mouth , the nostrils , and the chin , a smile that seemed almost an effort of life ...
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